Gym Owner's 'Fat and Ugly' Sign Gains Fans, Avoids Fine

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Scott Campbell wanted the sign outside his Pell City Fitness center in Alabama to be an attention-grabber. Soon, the eyes of a nation would be on his slogan, “Tired at being fat and ugly? Just be ugly!”

“We can help fat, but we can’t fix ugly,” a smiling Campbell told WVTM-TV, an NBC affiliate in nearby Birmingham. “People had a hard time finding us. I wanted something that was kind of catchy, that would catch people’s attention.”

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